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MetricCRNCCerence Inc.OOMAOOMA INCALOYREALLOYS INC.IIIVi3 Verticals, Inc.Median of the restexcluding CRNC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$8.34▼ 0.31 (3.58%)
$19.77▲ 0.08 (0.41%)
$7.00▲ 0.02 (0.29%)
$17.37▼ 0.07 (0.40%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/106.0/102.0/107.3/106.0/10
Market value$361.7M$541.7M$485.9M$415.3M
Revenue$251.8M$273.6M$2.4M$213.2M
Profit-$18.7M$6.5M-$4.4M$17.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-24.0%6.5%-5.3%11.5%6.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.72.7%61.1%48.0%—54.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-0.9%1.6%-165.7%1.8%1.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-7.4%2.4%-182.1%8.4%2.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.18.6%8.1%—1.8%4.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-12.4%7.0%-78.2%4.6%4.6%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-0.5%2.6%-56.2%0.9%0.9%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—83.87x—23.24x53.55x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.84.95x66.98x—11.01x38.99x
Price to book2.40x5.83x85.86x1.07x5.83x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.3.19x1.45x0.53x0.31x0.53x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/96/93/85/85.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressdistresssafe

How CRNC compares with the others

  • CRNC's operating margin of -0.9% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (1.6%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -24.0% against 6.5%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 3.2x against 0.5x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.